The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-03-14
THE coRoNET AND oAuNrLEss.
The Yachts Start on the Ocean
Race.

New YORK, March 12.-The Coronet and
Dauntless are off for Queenstown and the
great ocean race has begun. The conditions
under which the race is sailed are set forth
IN the following statement. 70 which Mr.. G.
4. Bush, the owner of the Coronet, and Mr..
r. ii, Colt, the ewner Of the .Dauntless.
have agreed:
The yachts will start from Owls Head,
New York Harbor at p. m, on Saturday,
March IL, 1887. The regatta committee o.
the New York Yacht club will signal the
start. The yachts may carry any sails at
Will. The Dauntless will burn blue signal
light at night, and the Coronet will burn
red signal light at night, in presence of
passing vessels. The finish will be of
Roche,s Point, Queenstown harbor, when
the light thereon bears east southeast (mag-
netic). The yacht Coronet in crossing the
finish line will fire five guns in quick success
sion, and Immediately thereafter discharge
three red rockets, one perpendicular, enc due
east and one due west; and the yacht Daunt-
less at the finish will fire three guns in quick
succession, and Immediately thereafter dis
charge three blue rockets, one perpendicular
ly, one due east, and one due west. The
sum. of $40, 900 each shall be deposited by the
giving of certified check to the order Of f.
w. j. Hurst, treasurer of the New York
Yacht Club, between the first and fourth
days Of March, 1887, the entire amount of
which, less the expenses of the judges boat,
shall be paid by him to the winner upon the
receipt by him of definite knowledge to his
satisfaction of the result of the race. The
start shall not be made unless the wind is
westerly or tending thereto. The finish Is
to be judged by officers of the Royal Cork
Yacht Club
A heavy March wind blew down New
York harbor from the west all the morning,
and by noon all the yachts afloat at this sea-
son Of the year were in the vicinity Of the
starting line. The tug Luckenback. with tn Q
regatta committee of the New York yacht
club on board, hove in sight and preparations
were at once made for the departure.
starting point. The preparatory signal was
given tensminutes before one. The wind
had not subsidized in the least and regular
gale was blowing.
The final gun was fired at 1.le. The wind
at that time was blowing "a miles an hour.
The Coronet, with topsails set, got away
first and crossed the imaginary line between
Owls Head and buoy Is off Staten Island at
LA.
The Duntless followed five minutes later
with every stitch of canvas set.
In the preliminary play for position before
the start the Dauntless heeled over under the
influence Of the stiff breeze, while the Coro-
net stood up like house Club penants and
private signals were carried at the mast
head and the American ensign displayed at
the main peaks of both vessels. The Coron-
ct seemed to be the favorite among the spec
tators.
New YORK, March 13th.-On March 10Th,
at p. M, when off Fire Island. the pilot
boat David Carlls saw the yachts Coronet
and Dauntless going east under reefed sails,
with the Dauntless about II ahead.
The steamer Marsalla from Hamburg
which arrived here this forenoon, reports
March u at IL o'clock in lon. 70, 10 W,
passed a small schooner showing white red
and green night signals bound eastward,
passed another small schooner about an
hour before but did not show any signals.
The wind at the time was a light northerly
breeze. The New York Club night signals
are red, green and white.